Mount Sinai and U of T to explore impact of gut bacteria on health and disease
Top scientists from Mount Sinai Hospital and the University of Toronto are joining forces to explore the critical role microorganisms play in chronic health conditions such as inflammatory bowel...
View ArticleHealth Canada approves Bio-K+® for reducing C. difficile infections in hospitals
Bio-K Plus International Inc. recently announced that Health Canada has approved the biotech company’s Bio-K+® probiotic formula to help decrease the risk of C. difficile infections in hospitals and...
View ArticleLondon Health Sciences Centre is named Canada’s national training centre for...
London Health Sciences Centre (LHSC) has been selected by Intuitive Surgical Inc., a company specializing in the manufacture of surgical robots, as Canada’s exclusive training centre for robotic...
View ArticleFDA Approves Longer Lengths of Medtronic’s Resolute Integrity Stent
Medtronic, Inc. announces Monday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the 34mm and 38mm lengths of the Resolute Integrity drug-eluting stent in diameters of 3.0mm, 3.5mm and...
View ArticleSherbrooke research team discovers new antivirals that block flu virus...
Dr. Martin Richter, investigator with the Centre de recherche clinique Étienne-Le Bel (CRCELB) at the Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke (CHUS) and professor in the Faculty of Medicine and...
View ArticleSunnybrook and Canada Health Infoway partner to improve patient experience...
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre debuts its new and improved personal health record, MyChart™, for the patients and physicians of the hospital’s Family Practice. With the new software features,...
View ArticleSunnybrook and Central CCAC join forces to give patients e-tool to...
Thousands of people in Toronto will now be able to better manage their health through online access to their personal health information, thanks to a partnership between Sunnybrook Health Sciences...
View ArticleUSANA launches nutritional supplement for children in Canada
USANA Health Sciences Inc. is looking to solve the dilemma of children being rather finicky when it comes to taking their daily nutrition with the release of its BiOmega ™ Jr. nutritional supplement...
View ArticleMedMira submits syphilis/HIV combination test for WHO approval
MedMira Inc., a Halifax-based biotechnology company, has submitted an application for its Multiplo syphilis/HIV rapid test to the World Health Organization (WHO) Prequalification of Diagnostics...
View ArticleManitoba to receive healthcare research funding
Funding for new health research projects have been announced in the province of Manitoba. The funding, coming from the federal government, will support researchers working in many areas including child...
View ArticlePEI first province to offer GARDASIL® to boys in school
Canadian parents support vaccinating boys in publicly funded programs Prince Edward Island became the first province in Canada to extend its publicly funded school-based HPV vaccination program to...
View ArticlePositioning Québec as a world leader in healthcare
The Québec Network for Personalized Health Care (QNPHC) has announced its mission to help make Québec a world leader in personalized healthcare. To do this, the Network will facilitate the combined...
View ArticleBC researchers key leaders in Canada’s new transplant research program
A group of British Columbia researchers are set to take the lead in a new Canadian National Transplant Research Program, announced by the federal government. The collaborative program aims to improve...
View ArticleCanada’s first mobile pharmacy app lets you order your prescriptions online
Say goodbye to long waits at the pharmacy counter. A nifty new app lets you order your prescription from your phone, directly to your local pharmacy. The free app was created by Amjay Software...
View ArticleA strong return on investments in health
Dr. Anna Reid, Canadian Medical Association (CMA) president, spoke at the Economic Club of Canada recently about the root social causes of poor health, the value of our healthcare system and the need...
View ArticleSanofi Canada inaugurates new corporate head office in Laval
New Kirkland, Québec distribution centre to accompany new head office in a total $12 million investment Global healthcare company Sanofi inaugurated its new Canadian corporate head office this morning...
View ArticleClinical research and patient engagement in personalized medicine
It is largely accepted now that we are in the midst of a major transformation in drug discovery, clinical development and clinical care, one that has the potential to deliver substantial health, social...
View ArticleHealth Canada approvals for new medicines slower than in Europe and U.S.
It takes Health Canada almost a year to grant marketing approval to prescription drugs, while new medicines are often approved faster in Europe and the United States, says a new report from the Fraser...
View ArticleStudy finds nearly 5 million asthmatics worldwide could benefit from...
An estimated 4,837,000 asthmatics with allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis (ABPA) could benefit substantially from antifungal treatment, say researchers from the University of Toronto and...
View ArticleGSK and Save the Children form unique partnership to save the lives of one...
GSK and Save the Children have launched an ambitious new partnership to save the lives of one million of the poorest children in the world. The two organizations are working together to accelerate the...
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